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Imagine you discover a new species of primate. It has a medium body size (about 35 lbs.), wide incisors, and molars with low and rounded cusps. Based on this information only, what can you hypothesize about this new species' behavior and ecology? A. It is probably a follore B. It is probably an faunivore C. It is probably an insectivore. D. It is probably afrugivore

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D. It is probably a frugivore

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A frugivore is an herbivore or omnivore that prefers to eat fruit, although they may also eat seeds, roots, leaves, etc. It has been proposed that humans evolved from tree-dwelling frugivores. The dental characteristics of the frugivorous primates include large incisors, as well as low and rounded cusps (referred to as bunodont molars). Moreover, frugivorous primates also include the entire spectrum of body sizes.

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